Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Quilt Goddess and Other Fab Art Quilts

Much of my weekend was spent at the Lincoln Quilters
Guild quilt show, May 18-20, 2012. The show was chaired
by the witty and uber-talented Elizabeth Sterns, an architect turned attorney
who also quilts and volunteers. The
theme of the show is “Let Your Sparkle Out.”
It was inspired by a children’s
book co-authored by Julie Andrews, entitled The
Very Fairy Princess. http://www.amazon.com/Very-Fairy-Princess-Julie-Andrews/dp/0316040509.

With over 450 quilts on display, it was difficult to
choose just a few to share with you, but here goes.

The top photo is Quilt
Goddess by Mary Sedlak. This
whimsical quilt was a Challenge Quilt – a special category for small quilts
that are not square or rectangular, and which interpret the sparkly theme.

And my jaw literally dropped when I encountered the next fabulous
quilt, Four Flowers in the Rain by
Chris Taylor. The large-scale mural
print (I’m guessing approximately 3 feet by 7 feet) could hang vertically or
horizontally. It is a whole cloth quilt,
painted, machine quilted and embellished with incredible hand beading. It was difficult to photograph the entire
quilt:

This close up will shows the beading and
expert machine quilting:

Here is a smaller yet beautiful art quilt, Iris After the Rain by Lois Wilson. The quilt was inspired by a painting by
Therese Guerin, Irises, and uses
batik fabrics.

The bed-sized sunburst quilt in the foreground of this
photo is actually a tribute quilt made of 32 neckties to honor the memory of
Jim Kelley, who died in August of 2010. This quilt, Memorial Tie Quilt, was designed and pieced by Beverly Thurber and
machine quilted by Rich O’Hare (co-owner of The Cosmic Cow and The Udder Store):

The label includes a photo of Jim and labels from some of
the many ties used in making the quilt:

This wall hanging, Cobblestone
Crows by Jo Ann Drueke, caught my
fancy. It features machine appliquéd crows
on a batik background pecking at beads with button and ribbon embellishments.

And last, but not least, is Improv #2 by Sheila Green.
This thoroughly modern quilt was improvisation- pieced using Kona Cotton
solids. I love the color and visual
impact.

Stay tuned.
Tomorrow I’ll treat you to some more eye candy -- traditional quilts from
the show.

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Welcome to Ponderings -- where my musings meet cyberspace.
I’m a fabric fanatic, Etsy entrepreneur, legal assistant, free-lance legal researcher, seasonal tax professional, empty-nester and grandma.
In 2011, I opened Pasque Flower Creations, my Etsy shop, featuring fun and functional handcrafted fabric items. http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower.
Why pasque flower? I was born and raised in South Dakota, and the pasque is the SD state flower. It’s one of the first flowers to appear in Spring, my favorite season, and it’s purple, my favorite color. And it’s stubborn and hardy, defying snow and the last gasps of Winter to break out and bloom.
I now live in Lincoln, NE with my retired librarian hubby. My children and grandchildren are the joys of my life and inspire my colorful and sometimes whimsical use of fabrics.